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adjective

Late adj. (compar. later, or latter; superl. latest or last)

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.

Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; recently deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.

Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.

Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.

Later adj. Compar. of Late, a. & adv.

noun

Later n. (pl. lateres) A brick or tile.

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... way, Austin," said his aunt, as they were separating for the night a few hours later, "I want you to go into the town to-morrow and tell Snewin to send a man up at once to look at the roof. I'm afraid it's been in rather a bad state for some time past, and those heavy rains we had last week seem to have damaged it still ...

— Austin and His Friends • Frederic H. Balfour

... A minute later four or five men with a lantern rushed into the room. They were all armed with muskets, and ...

— The Treasure of the Incas • G. A. Henty

... An hour later the canoe was out of sight, and we, with an indefinable feeling of sadness creeping round our hearts, were seated in silence beneath the shadow of our bower, meditating on the wonderful events of the last ...

— The Coral Island - A Tale Of The Pacific Ocean • R. M. Ballantyne

... wild; reeling along the pavement, crying out in drunken exclamations and mutterings. It was the most sickening sight the young man had ever seen, and with perhaps the exception of a fight he witnessed some days later between two such characters, the ...

— Story of Chester Lawrence • Nephi Anderson

... introduced in Parliament his first bill for the suppression of the slave-trade, and though he had the enlightened sympathy of Mr. Pitt, the eminent premier did not dare to make it a ministerial measure. The bill was rejected by a large vote. It was not until fifteen years later that the conscience of England won a victory over the organized capital engaged in the infamous traffic. It was the young and struggling Republic in America that led the way, and she led the way under the counsel and direction of Southern statesmen. American slave-holders ...

— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

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